– For this assignment, you will write a short documented research essay. Short documented research essays are writing assessments that allow students to think critically and practice one or more research writing skills such as summarizing, paraphrasing, and direct quoting. In addition, short documented research writing also requires that you document your research with an MLA style formatted works cited page and include textual referencing to introduce the authors of your sources and reference one of the experts they allude to in their research.
– Use the template to build your essay. Your essay must include a clear thesis and address the following questions:
Why are eating habits so hard to break?
Do you think it is possible to be addicted to a specific food or food in general?
Include MLA parenthetical citations to document your research.
For example, if you quote from an article, be sure to follow with citation that includes the author’s last name and page number where applicable – (Freedhoff 3).
Include a works cited page that documents your two sources in MLA format.
Your essay should be 2.5-3 pages long, double spaced, typed, include MLA citations, and a corresponding works cited page.
